book or article review or close readingUncategorizedNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
September 12, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Robert Bly’s|’Warning to the Reader'”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
June 1, 2022
The O:JA&L Masters Series|Featured Writer Brian Clements|An Essay on Craft||”Some Generic Notes on Short Prose”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close reading
May 20, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Melinda McCamant’s|’Clamming Up’”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close reading
April 27, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Ron Carlson’s|’The Tablecloth of Turin'”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close reading
February 13, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Lydia Davis’s ‘Therapists'”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close reading
January 3, 2022
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of A. M. Homes’s|’With One Wheel Gone Wrong'”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close reading
November 21, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Yasunari Kawabata’s|”The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close reading
October 21, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|Flash Discourse: A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Lydia Davis’s ‘The Mice'”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close reading
September 19, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Ursula Hegi’s ‘Doves'”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTS
May 28, 2021
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Academic Writing|Issues of Aesthetics & Meaning||Anne Whitehouse|”Soldier, Sailor:|Edgar Allan Poe and His Brother Henry”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close reading
May 22, 2021
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Madison Smartt Bell’s|’The Naked Lady'”
ArtsNon-fictionEssay, CraftPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)STUDIO ARTSTHEATER ARTSLITERARY ARTSSpecial AnnouncementsEditor's Advice
January 25, 2021
Contributing Editor Hermione Laake|Editor’s Advice|”How to Prepare a Professional|Biographical Statement”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)STUDIO ARTSTHEATER ARTSLITERARY ARTSSpecial AnnouncementsEditor's Advice
January 25, 2021
Contributing Editor Hermione Laake|Editor’s Advice|”How to Submit via Submittable”
Non-fictionEssay, CraftPERFORMANCE ARTS (As Audios/Videos)Oral Interpretation/Spoken WordTHEATER ARTSLITERARY ARTS
January 14, 2021
Contributing Editor Hermione Laake|Editor’s Advice|”How to Record Voice”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close reading
December 5, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Brady Udall’s ‘The Wig’”
WritersNon-fictionEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
November 12, 2020
Featured Writer Kendra Tanacea|An Essay on Craft|”James Wright: The Alchemy of a Poet”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
October 23, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft||”List Stories: Lists of the Literary Kind”
Featured ProjectNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
June 14, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft||”RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROSE POETRY ANTHOLOGIES, COLLECTIONS, AND INSTRUCTION BOOKS”
Flash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Prose Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
May 24, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Lon Otto’s Flash Fiction|’Love Poems'”
Fine ArtistsNon-fictionEssay, CraftOtherPortfolio SpotlightSTUDIO ARTSPainting and DrawingPortfolio SpotlightLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
April 22, 2020
Contributing Editor Toti O’Brien|Art & Artists of Los Angeles|”Sheer Matter: The Art of Marina Moevs”
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Prose Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Peter Meinke’s ‘The Cranes'”
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Prose Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Octavio Paz’s|’The Blue Bouquet’”
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Prose Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
April 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”A Close Reading of Raymond Carver’s|’Popular Mechanics'”
WritersNon-fictionEssay, CraftMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
March 18, 2020
Featured Writer Parsh Tiwari|An Essay on Craft|”Haibun Uncaged”
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
February 22, 2020
Featured Writer Natalie Young|An Essay on Craft|”The Question of May Swenson”
Featured ProjectWritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Prose Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 22, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”An Essential Reading List:|FLASH FICTION/SUDDEN FICTION/SHORT-SHORT FICTION|ANTHOLOGIES, COLLECTIONS, AND INSTRUCTION BOOKS
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Prose Discourse: Fiction Flash forms (to 1000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 21, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Charles Baudelaire’s|’To Each His Own Chimera'”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTS2017-18Translation
February 13, 2020
Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Academic Writing|Issues of Aesthetics & Meaning/Translation||Kathleen Vail|”The Horses of Achilles by C. P. Cavafy:|A New Translation”
Special AnnouncementsEditor's AdviceArtsNon-fictionEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTS
February 5, 2020
Associate Editor Jeff Streeby|Editor’s Advice|”How to Publish a Poem: A Guide for New Submitters”
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Devon Balwit|An Essay on Craft|”What’s It For?”
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
February 1, 2020
Featured Writer Kate Hanson Foster|An Essay on Craft|”Crow Funerals and the Loss of Meaning”
FictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)ExperimentalNon-fictionEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTSFeatured ProjectExperimental DiscourseXP Prose
January 30, 2020
Featured Series: Experimental Discourse|Contributing Editor Warwick Newnham|”O:JA&L Celebrates Experimental Writing: A Foreword”
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDNarrative poetryClose Reading/Analysis/Explicationbook or article review or close reading
January 26, 2020
Featured Writer Claudia Serea|An Essay on Craft|”So Sweet and So Cold:|Plums and Poems from Romania to New Jersey”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalFlash Essay (to 1000 words)Mixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationSpa-Haibun
January 21, 2020
Featured Series: Mixed Forms|Haibun||Contributing Editor Christine Taylor|”An Introduction to Haibun”
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 20, 2020
Featured Writer Rachel Custer|An Essay on Craft|”Songs on the Way to God: A Theory of Poetics”
WritersNon-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalPoetryLyricNarrativeLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 18, 2020
Featured Writer Gail Goepfert|An Essay on Craft|”Thinking about Process: Planting or Planning”
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Fielding Dawson’s ‘Vertical Fields'”
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archive
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Heinrich Bőll’s ‘The Laugher’”
Featured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archive
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Alice Walker’s ‘The Flowers'”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”Brief and (Likely) Necessary Fiction”|(Russian version)
Close Reading/Analysis/ExplicationWritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 11, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Milos Macourek’s ‘Jacob’s Chicken'”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured ProjectClose Reading/Analysis/Explication
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Close Readings|”A Close Reading of Molly Giles’s ‘The Writers’ Model’”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2019 archiveFeatured Project
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”The Myth-ing Link (or Linking Up to Myth)”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDFeatured Project
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”Flash Fiction: From Flash Text To Flash Film”
WritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionEssay, CraftLITERARY ARTSFEATURED2017-18Featured Project
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”FLASH FICTION: Brief And (Likely) Necessary Literature”
Featured ProjectSpa-HaibunWritersFictionFlash Fiction (to 1,000 words)Non-fictionEssay, CraftPoetryLyricNarrativeProse poetryMixed FormsHaibunLITERARY ARTSFEATURED
January 10, 2020
Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto|A Featured Series of Essays on Craft|”On the Road With Haibun”
craft essayaesthetics essayLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDSPA-ericFeatured writer
January 7, 2020
Featured Writer Erik Harper Klass|An Essay on Craft|”For the Love of Dirt”
WritersNon-fictionEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTSFEATUREDSPA-Dixon
December 27, 2019
Featured Writer Kent Dixon|An Essay on Craft|”Flash Discourse: The Long of the Short of It”
Non-fictionAcademic writing/ Close ReadingEssay, CraftEssay, PersonalLITERARY ARTS2017-18
December 22, 2019